to be hesitant; to feel timid
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
successive generations; successive emperors
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
armed forces; military; troops
defense; defence; fielding
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
service in the first reserve
100,000; hundred thousand
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to be helpful; to be useful
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
priority; order of precedence
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
very likely; very probable
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
person who has come to offer condolences
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall